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Indiana is
the 19thU.S.
state and is located in the Midwest region of the United States of
America. With over six million residents, it is ranked
15th in population and 17th in population
density. It is 38th in land area. Indiana is bounded on
the north by Lake
Michigan and the state of Michigan; on the east by Ohio; on the south by Kentucky, with which it shares the Ohio River as a border;
and on the west by Illinois. Indiana is one of the Great Lakes states. As
of 2006, Indiana has an estimated population of 6,313,520, which is
an increase of 47,501, or 0.8%, from the prior year and an increase
of 233,003, or 3.8%, since the year 2000. The total gross state product in 2005 was
US$214 billion in 2000 chained dollars. Indiana's per capita
income, as of 2005, was US$31,150. The Calumet region of northwest Indiana is
the largest steel producing area in the U.S.

Although the Americans were victorious both tactically
(as they held their ground and Prophetstown was destroyed the next
morning) and strategically (Tecumseh's confederacy
never recovered), the win was costly as the tribes attacked with
fewer men and sustained fewer casualties. The battle was the
culmination of rising tensions in a period sometimes called Tecumseh's War,
which continued until his death in 1813. The battle was an
important political and symbolic victory for the American forces
and a devastating blow to the confederacy which never regained the
strength it had before the defeat. Public opinion in the United
States blamed the uprising on British interference and Tippecanoe
was one of the catalysts that resulted in the War of 1812 only six
months later.

Selected
biography

Ryan Wayne
White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990) was a young man from Kokomo, Indiana
who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS, after
being expelled from school because of his infection. A hemophiliac, he became infected with HIV from a tainted blood treatment and,
when diagnosed in 1984, was given six months to live. Though
doctors said he posed no risk to other students, AIDS was poorly
understood at the time and when White tried to return to school,
many parents and teachers in Kokomo rallied against him. A lengthy
legal battle with the school system ensued, and media coverage of
the struggle made White into a national celebrity and spokesman for
AIDS research and public education. He appeared frequently in the
media with celebrities such as singer Elton John, pop star Michael Jackson
and talk show host Phil Donahue. Surprising his doctors,
White lived five years longer than predicted and died shortly
before completing high school in April 1990.

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